Well, the Kobe beef cows probably wind up being struck with a cattle-stunning hammer of some kind, but life up to that point seems occasionally preferable to my own.
And while some suggest I offer Henry something more delectable than a cranberry lambic, I’m proud to say I won’t be butchering him and peddling his steaks for $25 an ounce.
(Via)
11 comments
August 19, 2008 at 10:07 am
ari
I’m proud to say I won’t be butchering him and peddling his steaks for $25 an ounce
You lack the proper entrepreneurial instincts, my friend.
August 19, 2008 at 11:04 am
Vance Maverick
I keep reading “undeserved,” as in, what did these animals do to deserve such treatment?
First balloon Jesus and Bill Donohue, and now this. We may not be particularly Western or American, but we’re certainly on the edge.
August 19, 2008 at 11:33 am
Ben Alpers
Did they say that beef went for $5 a pound?!? Highway robbery!
August 19, 2008 at 3:13 pm
TF Smith
Nothing to do with beef prices, cattle, pets, or anything else, but I recently had an experience that deals with public history and historical memory and was curious about others’ opinions.
My family and I were at an NPS site this summer, enjoying the views, weather, interpretive materials, etc (the girls got to be “junior rangers” and were quite pleased by it) and a vaguely wacked-out type dressed in full costume (as appropriate for the site, however) showed up and began marching around…it was quite strange.
He looked like a meth addict – which made his teeth historically accurate for the 16th Century, I guess.
Does any other country have this phenomenon? And is anyone else kind of creeped out by it?
August 19, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Vance Maverick
I gather historical sites in the UK are enlivened by reenactorsinterpreters. Not sure about the meth, though (perhaps it’s not necessary).
August 19, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Vance Maverick
Hey, my strikethrough tag was scrubbed!
August 19, 2008 at 5:33 pm
bitchphd
First balloon Jesus and Bill Donohue, and now this. We may not be particularly Western or American, but we’re certainly on the edge.
I’m pretty sure it’s sinful to envy animals. Not to mention contributing to the delinquency of a kittycat.
I, on the other hand, am going to have me a beer.
August 19, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Colin
I’m beginning to suspect that the animal posts add up to some sort of large-scale allegory that I have not yet learned to read.
August 20, 2008 at 9:41 am
TF Smith
Vance, has anyone done a comparative study of the history of dentistry in the US and the UK? I sense a dissertation…
Dr. B, I join you in the beer. Summer semester over, fall set to begin next week.
Salud
August 20, 2008 at 9:56 am
Vance Maverick
I believe the matter has been thoroughly worked over.
August 20, 2008 at 12:42 pm
TF Smith
You could even say chewed over…